Delightful dogfight as daring Cheltenham Town duels with determined Oldham Athletic

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 26.January
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jonny-Rocks Stadium (7066 seats)

Cheltenham Town have performed better than Oldham Athletic so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

Insights:
  • Oldham Athletic has the most conceded goals (44) in League Two

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Cheltenham Town form and stats

When playing at home in the League Two, Cheltenham Town have managed 5 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 12 games. Cheltenham Town are splitting points both home and away, currently holding an interesting streak of four drawn games in a row. Cheltenham have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

The Cheltenham crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Manchester City here at Jonny-Rocks Stadium in a FA Cup match. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a League Two home game that ended 1-1 versus Newport County.

Cheltenham Town's goalkeeper Joshua Griffiths was extremely busy against Manchester City, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Cheltenham handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, three draws and two defeats.

Cheltenham Town are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Forest Green Rovers awaits in four days.

The Cheltenham fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 12 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Cheltenham Town have conceded 13 goals.

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Oldham Athletic form and stats

6 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Oldham Athletic, who have the most conceded goals (44) in League Two, playing as the away team in the League Two this season. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Salford City game have they lost an away game, meaning Oldham has taken points from seven away matches in a row.

Oldham won their last game, 3-2 versus Newport County played at home. Before that, Oldham travelled to Walsall and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

We have checked recent matches where Oldham Athletic have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 16 games were six victories, six draws and four defeats.

After this away game Oldham Athletic return home for a League Two game against Salford City. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The travelling fans enjoy Oldham's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 12 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Oldham rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 19 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Oldham Athletic - Cheltenham 2-1, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cheltenham Town two wins, four draws and Oldham Athletic four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Oldham AthleticC. McAleny
C. McAleny
10 goals
Cheltenham TownA. Williams
A. Williams
6 goals
Oldham AthleticZ. Dearnley
Z. Dearnley
6 goals

Cheltenham Town missing players

Oldham Athletic missing players

Cheltenham Town Oldham Athletic
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 12 3 Played P 5 12 25
10 5 2 Won W 3 6 9
7 4 1 Drew D 1 4 5
6 3 0 Lost L 1 2 11
32 18 5 Scored S 9 21 40
23 13 0 Conceded C 7 19 44
87% 92% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
78% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 88%
48% 42% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 67% 68%
9% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 25% 36%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 25% 32%
52% 58% 0% BTTS BTTS 80% 75% 76%
39% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 4%
22% 17% 33% Failed to Score F T 20% 25% 24%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.2 1.4 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.3 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.4 13.4 13.7 Shots (avg) S ( 13.8 12.4 12.2
4.5 5.2 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 4.2 3.9
31% 29% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 43% 41%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Oldham Athletic has the fewest clean sheets (1) in League Two
  • Oldham Athletic has the most conceded goals (44) in League Two
  • Oldham Athletic has the most matches over the total-line (17) in League Two
  • Oldham Athletic has the most points from losing position (19) in League Two
  • Oldham Athletic has the most scored goals (21) away in League Two
  • Oldham Athletic has the most scored goals in the second half (25) in League Two

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cambridge United 25 12 6 7 38 23 13 7 4 2 19 11 12 5 2 5 19 12 15 42
2 Forest Green Rovers 25 11 9 5 32 23 12 5 5 2 15 11 13 6 4 3 17 12 9 42
3 Newport County 23 11 7 5 34 25 10 7 2 1 15 10 13 4 5 4 19 15 9 40
4 Carlisle United 21 12 3 6 32 20 10 8 1 1 23 11 11 4 2 5 9 9 12 39
5 Salford City 24 10 8 6 31 19 12 5 7 0 20 9 12 5 1 6 11 10 12 38
6 Morecambe 23 11 5 7 31 33 12 6 4 2 17 14 11 5 1 5 14 19 -2 38
7 Cheltenham Town 23 10 7 6 32 23 12 5 4 3 18 13 11 5 3 3 14 10 9 37
8 Exeter City 22 9 9 4 44 28 12 7 2 3 26 12 10 2 7 1 18 16 16 36
9 Leyton Orient 24 11 3 10 34 27 13 7 2 4 21 12 11 4 1 6 13 15 7 36
10 Tranmere Rovers 23 10 5 8 28 28 11 6 0 5 16 12 12 4 5 3 12 16 0 35
11 Walsall 25 8 11 6 32 33 13 5 4 4 14 15 12 3 7 2 18 18 -1 35
12 Crawley Town 22 9 7 6 34 28 10 5 3 2 19 11 12 4 4 4 15 17 6 34
13 Mansfield Town 24 7 11 6 32 30 12 2 6 4 16 17 12 5 5 2 16 13 2 32
14 Oldham Athletic 25 9 5 11 40 44 13 3 1 9 19 25 12 6 4 2 21 19 -4 32
15 Colchester United 23 7 9 7 28 33 11 6 4 1 18 11 12 1 5 6 10 22 -5 30
16 Port Vale 25 8 5 12 34 37 13 4 3 6 16 17 12 4 2 6 18 20 -3 29
17 Bolton Wanderers 24 7 7 10 28 37 12 3 3 6 12 17 12 4 4 4 16 20 -9 28
18 Harrogate Town 23 7 6 10 24 28 10 1 4 5 7 13 13 6 2 5 17 15 -4 27
19 Scunthorpe United 24 8 2 14 25 34 12 4 2 6 13 18 12 4 0 8 12 16 -9 26
20 Bradford City 22 6 7 9 20 25 11 3 4 4 10 11 11 3 3 5 10 14 -5 25
21 Barrow 23 5 8 10 30 32 12 3 7 2 19 16 11 2 1 8 11 16 -2 23
22 Stevenage 22 4 9 9 17 25 11 4 3 4 10 8 11 0 6 5 7 17 -8 21
23 Grimsby Town 25 5 6 14 19 43 12 2 4 6 8 18 13 3 2 8 11 25 -24 21
24 Southend United 24 5 5 14 15 36 13 4 1 8 12 19 11 1 4 6 3 17 -21 20

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The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.